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Senate Co-Sponsorship Memoranda
Senate of Pennsylvania
Session of 2013 - 2014
Regular Session
MEMORANDUM
| Posted: | December 4, 2012 04:08 PM |
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| From: | Senator Lisa M. Boscola |
| To: | All Senate members |
| Subject: | Residency Restrictions for Sex Offenders |
| In the near future, I plan to reintroduce legislation which would establish residency requirements for sexual offenders required to register under Megan’s Law. This legislation was written in response to constituent concerns voiced to me when a local school district established a bus stop in front of a residence of a registered sex offender within my Senate district. My legislation would prohibit a sexual offender from establishing residency within 1000 ft. of any public, private or parochial school, pre-school program, certified day care center, registered family day care home, recreation center, or playground and a minimum of 500 ft from a school bus stop. The legislation also provides an exemption for any Megan’s law registrant who currently owns or leases real estate within 1000 ft. of the above listed properties. Therefore, the registrant would not be required to sell or otherwise dispose of any real estate, home or other real property or to cancel any lease of real property that was acquired prior to the effective date of this bill. Finally, my legislation will also require the board of school directors of any school which provides transportation to students to annually review the Megan’s Law website when establishing bus stop locations. If registrants are found to be living within 500 ft of a school bus stop and no other stop can be established within a reasonable distance, the school district must:
This is a reintroduction of Senate Bill 1378 from the previous legislative session. Co-sponsors included Senators COSTA, WILLIAMS, FARNESE, FONTANA, RAFFERTY, BREWSTER, SOLOBAY AND KASUNIC |
Introduced as SB86